diff --git a/nselib/http.lua b/nselib/http.lua
index 87bd5c10e..7cd5aedff 100644
--- a/nselib/http.lua
+++ b/nselib/http.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
-- a page exists. The identify_404 function will try several URLs on the
-- server to determine what the server's 404 pages look like. It will attempt to identify
-- customized 404 pages that may not return the actual status code 404. If successful,
--- the function page_exists can then be used to determine whether no not
+-- the function page_exists can then be used to determine whether or not
-- a page existed.
--
-- Some other miscellaneous functions that can come in handy are response_contains,